Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze defeated Thousand Faces in a staged fight, then escaped when a Strange God arrived. He returned to the Golden Family and welcomed the members who chose to follow him into the Myriad Races Alliance.

• Qin Ze battered Thousand Faces but stopped short of killing him when they failed to draw out any king-class exotic beasts.
• A Strange God arrived, and Qin Ze escaped using Golden God's authority before the newcomer could catch him.
• Thousand Faces told the Strange God about the New Land and warned him to protect the exotic beasts hatched there.
• Thousand Faces returned to report to Lord Black God, while the Strange God searched for a fugitive hiding near the core circle.
• Qin Ze returned to the Golden Family and welcomed around five hundred members who had chosen to join him.

Thousand Faces convinced Niuniu that a man had cultivated a New Land and won command of its exotic beasts, along with authority to investigate the Goddess of the Earth. Qin Ze brought the Golden Family to join the Alliance and surveyed Outpost City, which still needed a spatial transportation network to expand recruitment.

• Thousand Faces told Niuniu that a man had cultivated New Land and that he had taken control of the resulting exotic beasts.
• Niuniu praised Thousand Faces, gave him command of the exotic beasts, and authorized him to assign high-ranking Strange Gods to investigate the New Land and the Goddess of the Earth.
• Thousand Faces left the Tomb of the Gods and boasted to the clones in the Local Area Network about his promotion.
• Qin Ze brought Tie Ling and the Golden Family to the Forest Clan, where he arranged for them to join the Alliance and regain World Imprints.
• Qin Ze and Second Sister toured Outpost City, and he said the spatial transportation network would help Yan Miao recruit more soldiers.

Qin Ze arranged for eggshells to be smelted into three spatial gates and asked Echo to attach the Space Rule. Echo offered to do so in exchange for a mutual non-harm contract, and Qin Ze prepared to have a clone sign it.

• Second Sister praised Qin Ze's chances of leading the alliance through the crisis, and Qin Ze confirmed with Star Eyes that the golden-flecked eggshells could be used for spatial gates.
• Qin Ze delivered the eggshells and Star Eyes's smelting method to Zhu Tie, who promised to finish the materials within five days.
• Qin Ze watched Brother Devour train the First Legion and reflected on the coming battle against the Strange God and the reviving Star God.
• Molten Steel finished smelting the eggshells, and three spatial gates were forged and placed in the Sea of Glaze and with the Forest Clan.
• Qin Ze contacted Echo with the Magic Conch and agreed to Echo's mutual non-harm contract in exchange for the Space Rule.
• Qin Ze had Star Eyes leave and then summoned a clone to sign the contract.

Qin Ze opened the Alliance’s first Abyss teleportation route between the Forest Clan and the Sea of Glaze, then returned to Penglai City to connect the Human Race to the network. He asked Lao Dao to summon the Human Race’s Level Nine Martial Artists, preparing to reveal his plans.

• Qin Ze sealed a contract with Echo and used Echo’s transferred rule power to stabilize the spatial gate for about two months.
• Qin Ze activated gates linking the Forest Clan and the Sea of Glaze, officially opening the Alliance’s first Abyss teleportation network.
• The queen arranged diplomatic exchanges between the Forest Clan, Molten Steel, and the Illusion Race, and General Huan welcomed their delegations.
• After a beast attack at Penglai City, Lu Tongtong, the fatty, Huai Xu, and Wen Jing saw blood-red ripples spread across the sky as Qin Ze returned with Miss Sword Case.
• Qin Ze placed a spatial gate in Penglai City and told Lao Dao to summon the Grand Consul and all the Human Race’s Level Nine Martial Artists.

Qin Ze returned to Snow City and settled back into his old identity, but the Dharma King warned him that Sea Capital and other cities were under unusual pressure. Qin Ze concluded that someone was stirring up trouble and went out to investigate.

• Qin Ze spent a peaceful day in Snow City, then touched his reflection and welcomed himself back as Qin Ze.
• The Dharma King told Qin Ze that Sea Capital was sealed and under curfew, while other cities felt strangely tense.
• Qin Ze learned that the official explanation for Sea Capital's lockdown was resource management for the fighting at Penglai City.
• Qin Ze concluded that someone was stirring up trouble and left to investigate, assigning the Dharma King to supervise Big Black's weight loss.
• Miss Sword Case stopped Big Black from eating while Qin Ze and Miss Sword Case went out.

Qin Ze reunited with Number Three in Snow City and learned that the Grand Consul had fired him after a strange crisis began in Sea Capital. Number Three revealed that the Grand Consul had sent him to warn Saber King, but could not or would not deliver the warning himself.

• Qin Ze visited a nearly empty tavern in Snow City and learned that the city had been locked down under a resource-management order.
• Qin Ze reunited with Number Three, who had reached the peak of level eight but was no longer in the Law Enforcement Sequence.
• Number Three told Qin Ze that nearly two hundred people had vanished in Jiang City and returned three days later with no detectable abnormalities.
• Number Three explained that returned people had begun lapsing into zombie-like madness, prompting the Grand Consul to order Sea Capital locked down.
• Number Three said the Grand Consul had fired him two days earlier and sent him to tell Saber King about the crisis because the Grand Consul could not, or did not dare, tell him personally.

Qin Ze learned that an unknown force had spread a plague through the Sea Capital and might have taken the Grand Consul, while the Law Tokens had stopped working. The Saber King planned to investigate, but Qin Ze stopped him, leaving the threat unresolved.

• Number Three told Qin Ze that the Grand Consul suspected an unknown contagion in the Sea Capital and had sent him to Snow City because his Self-Purification ability made him immune.
• Qin Ze left Number Three and went to find Lao Dao, while his clones worried that one of them might have been infected during a recent trip to the Sea Capital.
• Qin Ze met the Saber King near the Abyss Gate and learned that the Grand Consul had agreed to gather the Level Nine Martial Artists in Snow City before they visited the World Tree and the Tree Keeper.
• The Saber King revealed that the Law Tokens had stopped working, and Qin Ze found that his custom Law Token had lost all its power.
• The Saber King prepared to go to the Sea Capital, but Qin Ze warned him not to enter before they understood the enemy's methods.

Qin Ze investigated the strange events in Sea Capital and learned that a Higher Strange God named Mingzhi might be behind them. Star Eyes explained that Mingzhi’s authority could infect and control an entire world, leaving Qin Ze facing the prospect of destroying the Human Race’s world to stop him.

• Qin Ze persuaded Lao Dao to wait one day before going to Sea Capital and learned that Bu Qingyao was guarding Otherworld No. Zero.
• Qin Ze warned the Hunters in the group chat, learned that Slacking on the Sidelines had been affected and Sea Capital was sealed, and ordered Fairy to help Passerby A while the others gathered at the Yin-Yang Temple.
• Qin Ze traveled to the Forest Clan, asked Yan Miao to meet him at the portal, and told Second Sister to keep the area safe.
• Qin Ze told Star Eyes about Sea Capital, and Star Eyes identified the suspected enemy as Mingzhi, a Higher Strange God whose authority spread through parasitism and transmission.
• Star Eyes said the surest way to stop Mingzhi was to destroy the infected world and awaken its World Overlord, leaving Qin Ze unwilling to sacrifice the Human Race’s world.

Qin Ze decided to use himself as bait to lure Mingzhi out and took Yan Miao to Snow City to hunt a god. There, they found a parasite-controlled mercenary whose body concealed a grotesque black face.

• Qin Ze weighed the risks of sacrificing a world and resolved to find a way to draw Mingzhi out, with the clones suggesting that something more tempting than faith might lure the Strange God.
• Qin Ze brought Yan Miao to Snow City, told him to stay close, and gave him a Red Shell for travel.
• Dharma King reported that a parasite-infected mercenary had appeared in Snow City despite Lao Dao sealing off the city.
• Qin Ze found no signs of corruption in the mercenary and discovered that Smiley Face Pollen had no effect on him.
• Qin Ze used divine power to probe the mercenary, causing a twisted black face to emerge across his chest and abdomen.

Qin Ze discovered that Mingzhi’s parasitic authority spread through people’s minds and cells, then organized defenses and sought help from the God of the Underworld and the chairman. He proposed luring out and killing Mingzhi, but the chairman challenged his ability to slay a god.

• Qin Ze confirmed that the black smile infected people irreversibly, killed the parasitized mercenary, and sent the Dharma King to guard the spatial gate at Penglai City.
• Qin Ze brought Yan Miao to the Saber King and entrusted him with guarding the Abyss Gate as a future recruitment point for the Second Legion.
• Qin Ze visited Bu Qingyao in Otherworld No. Zero, explained that a Strange God had invaded, and asked her to remain there.
• Qin Ze learned from the God of the Underworld that Otherworld No. Zero could not survive if the human world fell, then met the chairman on Underworld Mountain.
• Qin Ze explained Mingzhi’s parasitic and transmission authorities and proposed luring it out and killing it, but the chairman questioned whether he could slay a god.

Qin Ze, the God of the Underworld, and the chairman located Mingzhi in the Sea Capital and learned that the infection also depended on an original host. Qin Ze rejected destroying infected cities and urged them to kill Mingzhi before the infection spread further, then headed for the Sea Capital with the Star God's support.

• Qin Ze proposed using himself as bait to lure Mingzhi out, and the chairman joined Qin Ze and the God of the Underworld in a search using the Twelve Zodiac Signs.
• The three traced Mingzhi to the roof of the Law Enforcement Department in the Sea Capital, but Mingzhi sensed them and struck back before the God of the Underworld ended the search.
• The chairman explained that the infection relied on an original host and suggested wiping out the Sea Capital and Snow City to find it.
• Qin Ze argued that Mingzhi had anticipated their discovery and urged them to kill Mingzhi first, then use the chairman's ability to locate the original host.
• The God of the Underworld said Mingzhi could not enter his restricted domain, and Qin Ze concluded that Mingzhi was trying to take over Otherworld No. Zero.
• Qin Ze set off for the Sea Capital, calling on the Star God, while a surviving clone warned that the city was doomed.

As infection spread through Sea Capital, Fairy and Passerby A rushed to stop Mingzhi from escaping the Law Enforcement Department building. They arrived too late to prevent his escape and discovered that the Grand Consul was the original host, leaving Qin Ze holding the infected, dying man.

• Fairy put Slacking on the Sidelines to sleep and told Passerby A that Mingzhi was at the Law Enforcement Department building while Qin Ze was on his way.
• Mingzhi taunted the captive Grand Consul, shattered Xiezhi's sealing spirit, and escaped after the Grand Consul struck him with a blood arrow.
• Fairy and Passerby A arrived and discovered that a nearly materialized ghost face had emerged from the Grand Consul, revealing him as the original host.
• Qin Ze, Bu Qingyao, and the president arrived, and Qin Ze broke the Grand Consul's shackles and caught him as he trembled and tried to reassure him.

The Grand Consul died after Bu Qingyao killed him to stop Mingzhi’s power, urging Qin Ze to take responsibility for the Human Race and pass the torch. As Qin Ze prepared for the final showdown at the Yin-Yang Temple, Dharma King reported trouble in Penglai City.

• The Grand Consul told Qin Ze that his mission was complete and that the future of the Human Race rested on Qin Ze’s shoulders.
• Bu Qingyao killed the Grand Consul at his request, and she urged Qin Ze to remember to pass the torch.
• Qin Ze rallied himself and concluded that Mingzhi would try to awaken the Dominator after losing His original body.
• Qin Ze learned that Slacking on the Sidelines could recover from Corruption, then asked Passerby A and Fairy to keep the Grand Consul’s death secret until Mingzhi was slain.
• Qin Ze questioned Fairy about her declining cultivation, and she avoided explaining her unusual cultivation method.
• As Qin Ze and his companions prepared to go to the Yin-Yang Temple, Dharma King urgently reported that something had happened in Penglai City.

Qin Ze learned that a second original host had caused outbreaks in Snow City and Penglai City, then discovered Number Three had sacrificed himself to end the infection. After warning Lao Dao against weakening other cities’ defenses and urging him to expose a traitor in Penglai City, Qin Ze set out to slay a god.

• The Dharma King reported outbreaks in Snow City and Penglai City, and Qin Ze concluded that another original host was responsible.
• Qin Ze returned to Snow City and found Number Three dead, with an Image Recording Stone showing how he had resisted the original host and killed the corruption within himself.
• Qin Ze recorded his own vow to uphold justice and protect the Human Race.
• Lao Dao told Qin Ze that Penglai City’s soldiers had been heavily infected and proposed redeploying city defense troops.
• Qin Ze warned Lao Dao not to weaken other cities’ defenses and advised him to make Penglai City appear chaotic so a suspected traitor would reveal themself.
• Qin Ze left to slay a god.

Mingzhi attacked Yin-Yang Temple, overwhelming the defenders’ combined assault before they trapped it with the Desolation-Imprisoning Formation. Mingzhi exposed the formation’s weakness and blasted the osmanthus tree that powered it.

• Mingzhi entered Yin-Yang Temple and destroyed its courtyard traps and opening attacks with a single shockwave.
• Passerby A, Scholar, Fairy, Sagittarius, Cancer, and Aquarius launched a combined assault that buried Mingzhi beneath ink, flowers, arrows, and ice.
• Mingzhi emerged and unleashed scarlet death rays, injuring Aquarius and nearly killing Scholar before Little Deer warned the defenders.
• Taoist, the president, and Bu Qingyao activated the Desolation-Imprisoning Formation, which drained Mingzhi’s power by sealing the courtyard around the osmanthus tree.
• Mingzhi declared that the formation lacked a World Stone and blasted the osmanthus tree in two.

Qin Ze and his allies confronted Mingzhi at the Yin-Yang Temple while the First Legion turned the battle at Penglai City by passing through a space gate. After Qin Ze and a Star God struck Mingzhi down, Mingzhi began revealing his true authority.

• Mingzhi used the Desolation-Imprisoning Formation and his powers against Lu Tongtong, but Qin Ze arrived and protected her with golden light.
• Qin Ze showed Mingzhi Dharma King's recording of the Magic Conch activating the space gate, through which Brother Devour and the First Legion had reinforced Penglai City.
• The First Legion joined the Human Race soldiers and pushed back the exotic beasts, foiling Mingzhi's plan to seize the Abyss Gate and awaken the Dominator.
• Qin Ze summoned Old Xing, whose divine might paused time, then struck Mingzhi repeatedly in the name of the Grand Consul, Old Xiao, and the innocent victims.
• Mingzhi survived in the crater, claimed parasitic spread was not his authority, and caused dark clouds to gather again as he unveiled his true authority.

Mingzhi’s authority warped the world, severed Qin Ze from the World Will, and turned Sea Capital’s defenders against him by declaring him a Strange God. As Qin Ze endured their attacks, an old man struggled to protect the World Will’s ice tree and insisted that Qin Ze would win.

• Mingzhi vanished after asking Qin Ze whether he could stand against the faith of the world’s living beings, and the warped world scattered Qin Ze and his companions.
• Qin Ze found himself outside Sea Capital, unable to contact the key or sense the World Will, and concluded that it had been blocked rather than erased.
• Sea Capital’s soldiers mistook Qin Ze’s monstrous form for an exotic beast and fired on him, then stopped when he showed the Grand Consul’s Law Token.
• After the black clouds covered Sea Capital, the World Will declared Qin Ze a Strange God, and the soldiers resumed their attack while Qin Ze’s companions prepared to fight him.
• An old man beneath a gray ice tree channeled his energy into a shield against Mingzhi’s invading authority and repeatedly declared that Qin Ze and the Human Race would win.

Qin Ze fought through the controlled people of Sea Capital and reached Yin-Yang Mountain, where Mingzhi revealed his authority and began breaking the World Overlord's seal. The World Overlord awakened beneath the shaking mountain as Mingzhi set the Sealed Land ablaze.

• Qin Ze headed for Yin-Yang Mountain while controlled soldiers and civilians attacked him and blew themselves up.
• Cancer launched Qin Ze toward the mountain, and Hunters and Constellations helped him push through the strange Space Rule.
• Star Eyes explained that Mingzhi had replaced the World Will to gather the world's faith and said Qin Ze was the only one able to reach the summit.
• Qin Ze reached the summit and found Mingzhi at the Dominator's Sealed Land, where Mingzhi revealed his true authority and gathered Power of Faith.
• Qin Ze attacked Mingzhi with his bone sword, but Mingzhi shattered the sword qi and burned the Sealed Land with Fire of Faith, causing the World Overlord to awaken.

Qin Ze fought Mingzhi on the collapsing Yin-Yang Mountain, but his Overload Mode faded and Mingzhi pierced his chest. The Xiezhi Heroic Spirit then awakened within Qin Ze, letting him claim the world's faith and turn the battle against Mingzhi.

• Qin Ze paused time and battled Mingzhi, but Mingzhi's Fire of Faith healed injuries while the mountain and sky began to collapse.
• Qin Ze activated Overload Mode and drove Mingzhi back, but Mingzhi outlasted him and punched through his chest as the ability ended.
• Qin Ze rejected Miss Sword Case's attempt to take him away and declared that he would become a monument to the Human Race.
• The Xiezhi Heroic Spirit emerged behind Qin Ze, detonated the Law character within Mingzhi, and restored Qin Ze's connection to the World Will.
• Qin Ze asked the World Will for faith to uphold justice, took Mingzhi's Fire of Faith, and struck Mingzhi with Sword Case.

Qin Ze used the world’s faith to defeat Mingzhi and force the Dominator back into its seal. After announcing victory to humanity, he met with the chairman, who seemed to have something important to tell him.

• The World Will redirected Mingzhi’s authority to Qin Ze, and the faith of people worldwide helped Qin Ze break through the Peak of Level Nine.
• Mingzhi attacked Qin Ze, but Qin Ze shattered his arm and cut him in half with Miss Sword Case; scarlet energy swallowed Mingzhi as the Dominator’s aura surged.
• Star Eyes explained that the seal could restore itself, and Qin Ze used the world’s power and Fire of Faith to push the Dominator back into Yin-Yang Mountain.
• Qin Ze announced humanity’s victory through the World Will, and people around the world celebrated the slaying of a Strange God.
• Hunters and Constellations gathered at Yin-Yang Mountain, then Qin Ze approached the chairman, who appeared eager to speak with him.